I stared blankly at Dylan.

The strict gaze.

The towering determine is sort of a mountain.

Even the delicate aura emanating from him.

All of it matched the Dylan I knew…

Blushing shyly, he emphasised as soon as once more.

“Child.”

What on earth occurred?

I froze as I watched Dylan take out a lunch field bag.

I hope that’s not a bomb as an alternative of a lunchbox.

* * *

Actually, the story of the ‘child’ nickname incident goes again to final evening.

Dylan had by no means been to a picnic in his whole life.

Despite the fact that he didn’t say something, his coronary heart raced and trembled.

So I made a decision to present him particular coaching for the picnic.

There was nobody to assist, however…

It was the articles that crossed his thoughts.

Contained in the knights’ quarters, there have been some knights who idolized Dylan.

Dylan entered the knights’ quarters.

The present knights have been mendacity down like beggars, with their blankets turned over.

“Sir Dylan is leaving.”

“Who will entertain us now?”

Proper at that second.

“I’m again.”

The individuals who have been mendacity down like beggars, coated in blankets, jumped up.

“S-Sir Dylan! You’ve returned!”

“We didn’t imagine the rumors that you simply left!”

“You might be as sharp as a sword each minute and second!”

Dylan couldn’t perceive why these individuals confirmed an perspective of adoration in the direction of him.

They have been fairly overwhelming and made him wish to preserve his distance from them.

So he coldly reduce off their phrases and introduced up a ready subject.

“I got here to get relationship recommendation.”

His phrases created an amazing response among the many knights.

“There’s a girl who I’m concerned about…”

“Why… are you… in a relationship with a girlfriend?”

“…I believed you have been married to the sword…”

They even confirmed jealousy in the direction of Dylan’s girlfriend.

It was when their faces turned pink and blue.

“Do you’ve gotten any complaints?”

It was a easy query.

However the knights immediately crowded round.

“No, none!”

“We’ll make amends.”

Dylan nodded silently.

He, who didn’t take heed to others’ phrases, additionally vaguely realized it.

His face regarded terrifying.

Despite the fact that he had used transformation magic to alter his look, the intimidating environment remained the identical.

Because of his youthful face, it was simple for him to persuade others with out talking a lot.

Deciding to not right their false impression, Dylan opened his mouth.

“Slightly than that, I want somebody may train me how individuals date as of late.”

When he stated it with a seemingly detached expression, the knights exchanged glances.

Wouldn’t or not it’s nice if they might assist Dylan on this state?

Perhaps there can be a chance to face a sword later.

They may even obtain correct steerage!

Formidable knights began including their opinions one after the other.

“So, um… From what I do know, whenever you meet somebody and really feel drawn to them, you confess your emotions. When you grow to be a pair, you begin utilizing pet names.”

“…Pet names?”

“Sure. Nicely, honey, darling, issues like that. And there’s child, teddy bear, and different comparable ones.”

‘Child is a bit a lot.’

Dylan narrowed his eyes and cautiously retorted.

“Child appears tremendous.”

Ishael’s blushing cheeks generally regarded cute like a child.

In addition to, come to consider it, Ishael appeared to get pleasure from that form of sentiment.

She even favored Ford’s peculiar jokes.

With out realizing Dylan’s ideas, the knights have been always complaining.

“Oh, different women requested me to introduce them to Sir Dylan….”

“We even acquired cash below the pretext of introductions, nevertheless it’s over.”

“By the best way, the place does Sir Dylan meet this woman?”

“May or not it’s Girl Garnet, the well-known socialite?”

At that second, Dylan spoke.

“Do you’ve gotten the rest?”

Sir Dylan praised their opinions!

The knights eagerly shared their data of courting.

They clearly talked about that girls like sudden skinship, extreme obsession, and public confessions being the last word confessions.

“Particularly if the girl is a noble, it’s stated that confessing on the debutante ball day in excessive society is the perfect.”

“….”

“Oh, if she doesn’t attend the debutante ball… Hm, may she be a workaholic?”

“It’s stated that confessing throughout her presentation is the perfect!”

“I heard that affection sprouts by way of public confessions!”

Dylan delicately completed taking notes.

Nonetheless, if there was one factor Dylan didn’t know…

“Will we actually be capable to assist Sir Dylan?”

It turned out that each one these knights have been confirmed lifelong singles.

* * *

Emmanuel opened his trembling mouth.

“Um, is that an endearing nickname?”

…What’s with that glowing gaze and expression?

Emmanuel had modified.

A heat spring-like radiance greeted us.

“No manner, no manner, did the time period ‘child’ really work…?”

I spoke with a trembling voice.

“…Sure.”

“Wow, actually. It’s so affectionate and tender.”

“That’s proper. It’s our couple’s endearing nickname… proper?”

The gazes of the encompassing newlywed {couples} have been piercing.

“Wow, that’s excessive….”

The newlywed {couples} who have been kissing all alongside had betrayed us.

“That form of nickname can solely be utilized by ‘actual’ {couples}.”

Luckily, it appeared like nobody suspected something.

“Is it thought-about an extreme show of affection to name my delicate and small child sweetheart?”

No, my delicate and small child sweetheart is much more extreme. Very extreme.

However I nodded stiffly.

If our contract marriage is revealed right here, my dream of getting my own residence will go up in smoke.

“Nicely, sure. Since you’re my child. I imply.”

“A child who’s over twenty years previous.”

In different phrases, an enormous child.

With out realizing it, I exerted extra energy within the arm that touched Dylan and tightly held his hand with my fingers.

His agency hand, coated in calluses, firmly intertwined with mine.

Ignoring the unusual fluttering of my coronary heart, I whispered softly.

“To be exact, my very own child, proper?”

Even after uttering these phrases, it felt disgusting.

Not like when he fortunately whispered “child,” his physique was stiff…

“Is that this going to be uncovered?”

At that second, one of many directors muttered with out sincerity.

“Nicely, individuals with a naturally chilly expression are like that.”

“….”

“However for those who’re calling somebody ‘child,’ it’s not simple except you’ve gotten an affectionate relationship.”

Who is that this particular person precisely?

Why are they so impressed by this?

Luckily, Dylan naturally had a chilly impression, so it appeared to go easily.

I set free a sigh of reduction and nodded.

Looks like an acceptable response.

If it’s simply calling me “child,” it’s tremendous.

“I hope the picnic ends quickly.”

Nonetheless, the trials have been countless.

That impression… the administrator, who felt like a sleazy snake, stored focusing on me.

If my reminiscence serves me proper, that man was one of many fish in Soldika’s  pond.

He gave the impression to be a good friend who beloved Soldika a lot that he unfold rumors about her.

Sorbon coughed falsely and spoke cowardly.

“Why don’t you open the lunchbox lid?”

“…?”

“Different individuals feed one another and stuff. Oh, why? Is it embarrassing?”

At his phrases, I rapidly regarded on the lunchbox.

…Come to consider it, Dylan packed the lunchbox.

I couldn’t inform in any respect what it regarded like.

I stared at Dylan with a mixture of nervousness and rigidity.

He at all times exceeded my creativeness.

“May or not it’s that he ready one other 50-layer bento this time too?”

Luckily, the lunchbox was small in measurement…

“Since listening to the time period ‘child,’ all the pieces feels uneasy.”

I spoke with a courageous face, hiding my anxious coronary heart.

“Nicely… I’ll open the lunchbox.”

* * *

Administrator Sorbon, at the moment 33 years previous.

He paused inwardly after seeing the startled expression on Isahel’s face whereas calling for a joke.

“Is that this how he behaves, fussing over another person’s marriage and love life simply due to a lunchbox?!”

He appeared fairly contemptible and villainous.

He was clearly from the capital.

However it felt as if he was somebody who got here from the slum leaf village.

“If I can work out their scenario, I can earn factors with my love Soldika.”

He was one of many fish in Soldika’s pond.

In response to Soldika, that sister was not solely vulgar but in addition malicious.

“She even stated she met a brand new man shortly after breaking apart along with her boyfriend.”

Sorbon gazed uncomfortably at Dylan and Isahel.

“They appear fairly awkward and stiff. Emmanuel appears to be unaware, although….”

It was embarrassing to see him enthusiastically praising the signal contained in the placard and cheering.

I didn’t like my superior both.

Furthermore…

“Ah, I’m sleepy.”

“Ah, I’m drained. Rattling persistent fatigue.”

“Ah, I ought to’ve taken a fatigue restoration potion. I forgot. It’s due to this rattling workload on the Ojagyo Bridge.”

…Due to the administrator subsequent to me, who had no enthusiasm however was stuffed with darkish circles, I felt drained.

However I needed to collect energy.

Sorbon, who had a crush on Soldika, glanced at Emmanuel.

“If I embarrass Soldika’s depraved sister, it is going to assist my love.”

Sorbon glanced at Emmanuel’s slim, puzzled eyes.

It appeared like he additionally had suspicions about that pretend couple.

So, he determined to gasoline his suspicions.

He gave Dylan a barely cowardly and contemptible look.

“Did you say Dylan and Isahel?”

“Ah, sure.”

“You appear to behave like a contract couple, similar to that.”

Isahel’s face turned pink with embarrassment.

“Individuals right here personally pack and feed one another, interact in affectionate skinship, and such.”

Dylan nonetheless had a fierce impression.

There was a youthful vitality in his gaze.

“Enable me to open this.”

Dylan approached the lunchbox lid with a solemn posture, as if defusing a bomb.

And eventually, the lunchbox lid opened magnificently.